Good Time

2017 Directed by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie

Are you ready for a Good Time?

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

Robert Pattinson Benny Safdie Jennifer Jason Leigh Buddy Duress Taliah Webster Barkhad Abdi Necro Peter Verby Saida Mansoor Gladys Mathon Rose Gregorio Eric Paykert Astrid Corrales Rachel Black Hirakish Ranasaki Maynard Nicholl Ben Edelman Laurence Blum Jason Harvey Robert Clohessy Michael Kaufman Goran Spadina Michael McClard Eloisa Santos Bryan Seslow Craig muMs Grant George Lee Miles Kate Halpern Christopher Kirk Show All…

Alternative Titles

Goodtime, Une nuit sous tension

crime drama thriller

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Review by katie ★★★★★ 17

Imagine your worst panic attack.
Times it by 100.
Review by Peter Labuza ★★★★ 19

A green Sprite bottle, given almost a mythical introduction in a frenetic monologue, slips out of the hand of a character and roles into a puddle of water. The camera, finally imparted from its intense close-ups to a God's eye long shot, lingers just for a second as it rolls into a puddle where it could be misconceived as trash. An object of everyday life that has been signified with narrative agency (A MacGuffin up there with the Arc of the Covenant) once again resembles its indexical reality. No neon lights or close-ups to enlarge its importance, just a piece of misplaced trash left by some dirtbag scum.
This movie is what happens when we observe the trash we avert our eyes to—what we're taught to ignore—and really look at what's inside.
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★★ 11

it’s like if pete davidson the person were somehow adapted for the screen
Review by Neil Bahadur ★★★½ 17

"I got beat up. I'm the victim here."
--
"Cross the room if you've ever been blamed for something you didn't do."
Many months before the films North American release, I joked that Good Time looked like "a modern-day Phil Karlson picture" so I was doubly pleasantly surprised when I found that this film approximated that feeling. In his annual love-letter to Cannes, Mark Peranson called the film "a kind of Dionysian New York Gesamtkunstwerk....immersion without identification." Where Good Time might confuse is that the film is outside of its narrative, it is not asking us to identify with its character(s), yet it revels in capturing the leads (Robert Pattinson's) energy - but it's for this same reason I believe…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★½ 13

like a remake of ENTER THE VOID as directed by the ghost of Sidney Lumet. some questionable details and it doesn't sink under the skin quite like Heaven Knows What, but Robert Pattinson is truly next-level in this thing.
feel like i've said this before, but now it's *really* time to recognize him as one of the best actors of his generation. between him and Kristen Stewart, i'm willing to officially move TWILIGHT into the "win" column, so far as its cultural contributions are concerned.
Review by brat pitt ★★★★½ 12

wish i could think about this movie for longer than 3 seconds without getting good time by owl city feat. queen carly rae jepsen stuck in my head. seriously, i’ve been trying to write down ANYTHING i can think of but the line wha ohh a ohhh ohhhh it’s always a good time is just ... incessantly taunting me. i don’t even like this song. actually, i think i hate it. actually, i know i hate it. please consider renaming your movie, safdie brothers. i know it’s a little late, but how am i supposed to join in the Discourse when this dumb song is haunting my every thought?
Review by Lucy ★★★½ 6

i'm never drinking sprite again
Review by mia ★★★½

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Review by brat pitt ★★★★½ 13

The Official ROBsessed Thirst-Watching Guide
CHAPTER 2: GOOD TIME (2017)
in that infamous robert pattinson reddit ama, he claims his favorite line he’s said on film is, “don’t be confused, it’s just gonna make it worse for me.” didn’t notice that line on first watch, but on rewatch its gravity was unmistakable, completely centering and solidifying Connie's egocentric perspective.
Connie Nikas is, to me, a 21st century Nicky Godelin from Elaine May’s Mikey & Nicky, especially considering the Safdies have cited that film as a major influence. he’s so cool, so arresting that you’re forced to do whatever he says, even if you don’t know why you’re doing it. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: hot people make…
Review by maria ★★★★½ 6

owl city and carly rae jepsen's iconic 2012 BOP good time isn't in this movie, totally false advertising, 0/10
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★ 14

Loved it more the second time and found a lot of flaws the second time. I realized this was my gateway into “””challenging””” films my sophomore year of school, which sounds so lame, but is the truth! For that, I’m grateful this film exists for opening up my palette.
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★½ 29

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This movie is really good, but incredibly stressful and incredibly upsetting for two specific scenes: one where something awful happens to Barkhad Abdi that made me really sad, and one where Robert Pattinson has an extremely terrible-to-watch interaction with a 16 year-old that somehow I have not seen ONE person mention in the months since this movie was released while everyone was crowing about how good it was. I can't stop thinking about that one scene and it really put a damper on the entire movie for me. Oof.

Recent reviews

Review by John1016 ★★★

I had no idea what was going on. Robert Pattinson nearly shagged a 16 year old. I was stressed the entire time.
Review by henty ★★★★

cum
Review by Chase Tyler ★★★★½

Damn. The vibes are immaculate. And Rob truly is the shit. I will never get over this film.
Review by sauce packet ★★★★

made me wanna throw up, but in a good way
Review by air99 ★★★★

Those police-chase-esque helicopter shots stressing me out more than any of Rob's hate crimes. But the yelling and crosstalk really gets the cortisol a-pumpin'.
Review by EnigmaLongstar ★★★★

I think the title "Good Time" sells the film a bit short, I'd also add "Stress-Inducing Good Time", "Manic Driven Heist Good Time", "Crime Drama with a slightly sociopathic main character Good Time" Other than that the film is pretty good I would recommend it.
85/100
Review by bigmac123 ★★★

Looks nice, cool electronic score, Pattinson is great but I didn't care about any of the characters. They were all scum minus the teen girl and her mom. I didn't care what happened to anybody else. I wanted them all arrested or killed. Abusive, dirty, scam artists don't inspire much sympathy from me. Nothing even redeemable about any of the main cast maybe Nick cause he can't help it.
Review by inclement ★★★½

sucker for a good electronic score but there were definitely at least 2 separate scenes that made me viscerally uncomfortable
Review by Lily ★★

gotta give it to the safdie brothers, every film makes me feel like Ima have a heart attack, they’re damn good at what they do, but are we gonna take about the Blackface, and how they depicted Black people in the film too. Makes me wanna give them like one star because I feel like everyone is brushing that off. I don’t give a fuck about their social commentary or whatever you folks gotta say to excuse them, white filmmakers doing that is just nahhhhhh.
Review by cinemaphiliac_ ★★★★★

I love this movie sm
Review by jessuhlyn ★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

robert pattinson goes bleach blonde
robert pattinson makes out with a 16 year old girl and god i wish that were me - not really this movie is fucked up
kinda like of mice and men but on lsd

cellino and barnes commercial cameo
Review by Will ★★★★½

Incredibly realistic how most of the action takes place at chain restaurants. Low bass squelch upon arriving at White Castle